Truck construction.



E. B. BAILEY-.- mhncx GONSTBUGTIQH. APPLIGATIOE FILED H.110, 1906.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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m mas. DAILEY, or OMAHA,'NEBRASKA, Asslcuoa TO EDWARD H. I'IARRIMAN, or ARDEN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed January 10, 1906. Serial No. 295,382.

new and useful Im rovements in Truck Construc'tion, of whic jpertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to trucks.

One of the objects thereof is to provide l ght, rigid and efficient means adapted to support the bolster of a car; truck.

Another object is to provide a springlank of simple and 1' ht construction and 0 such strength and st' ness as to adapt the same to withstand all conditions of use.

Other objects .will be in part obvious and in art pointed out hereinafter.

he invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arran ement of parts which vfill be exemplifie in the embodiment l3 ereof hereinafter described and the scope of'the application of which will be indicated in the fo lowing claim.

In the accom anying drawings, wherein is shown one 0 various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a truck. Fig. 2 is a perective view of a spring-seat, certain parts t ereof being broken away in order to show the construction, more clearly.- Fig. 3 is a similar view of a spring-cap. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a spring-plank embodying the above spring-seat.

Similar reference characters refer to SllTli-r larlparts throughout the several views.

11 order to afford a ready grasp upon the details of this invention, it may here be noted that, with regard to certain specific features thereof, it dealswith the problem of providing a spring-plank which is adapted to support and hold in proper spaced relation the s )rings of a car truck and to withstand all of the considerable stresses brought to bear thereon. Inasmuch as the entire load upon the truck is transmitted through the springs to the spring-plank and, under certain circumstances, as upon the rocking of the car body or rounding of a curve, there are severe additional stresses rought to bear thereon, there is a tendency to make this part of heavy construction. This not only adds to the weight of the truck and wastes metal, but,

in the case in which a springlank of substantially imperforate or closer construction is used, there is a tendency for snow, ice and other foreign matter to accumulate thereon and not only ,add useless weight o be carried but interfere with the free action of the parts. The above and'other defects are remedied in constructions of the nature of that hereinafter described.

Referring now to the accompanying drawiiigs, there is shown in Fig. 1 a bolster 1, herein appearing in diagrammatic form and resting at its ends uponthe spring-ca s 2. As the parts upon both sides of the true are identical, those u on one side only will be described in detail? Spring-cap 2 is secured upxon a spring 3, preferably of elliptic form, W ich is mounted upon a spring-seat 4 built into the spring-plank 5. The latter member wardly disposed and the other turned toward the opposite member. Between these members or bars 12, at each end thereof, is mounted the s ring-seat 4 which comprises, as is most clear y shown in Fig. 2- of the drawings, a base 13 having flanges 14 adapted to rest against and be secured to the flanges 15 of the angle-bars. Upon base 13 is mounted the spring-seat proper 16 by means of a web 17 extending longitudinally of the seat and having laterally disposed with res set thereto the auxiliary webs or ribs 18. 'lhe lower portion of the base 13 is preferably stiffened as by the ribs or lugs 19 which also serve to hold in place the bearing-blocks 2O .tail in Fig.3 of the drawings, com rise the recessed portion 22 connected with t e upper plate 23 upon which the bolster rests by means of longitudinal and cross webs 24'and 25, respectively.

It may here be noted that terms of the nature of spring-plank, bolster, and the like, are used throughout this specification and the following claim. in the ordinary sense which they have acquired in the art with which this invention broadly deals, and that the term angle-member or equivalent is used throughout to denotea member pro- "ided with longitudinal flanges or webs angularly disposed with reference one to another.

The operation and method of use of the above-described embodiment of my invention, which should be to a large extent obvious, is as follows: Assumingthe parts to be mounted in the relation shown, the entire Weight of thevcar is transmitted through the bolster 1 and the spring-ca 2 to the springs 3 which are supported by tie spring-seats 4. These seats are suspended by the swinghangers 6 and from this point the load is transmitted to the rails as has been previously indicated. Owing to the disposition of the flanges of the angle-bars 12, the chances of the plank bending are reduced to a minimum and this without the use of the heavy construction which is now commonly employed. The s rings are thus rigidly held in properly spacer relation by means of the recessed seats upon their lower "sides and the caps 2, which have similar engagement therewith, at the top.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a construction which is adapted to accomplish the several objects of my invention and that the same is of an essentially inexpensive and yet eflicient character. Not only is the weight reduced and material economized, but this is not done at any cost in the strength or stiffness of the parts or their durability and reliability in action. Due to the open construction of theplank, moreover, all chances of natural accumulations gathering thereon with the above-noted disadvantages, are entirely done away with.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense. I desire it also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In truck construction, in combination, a bolster, springs upon which said bolster is mounted, a spring-plank comprising a pair of angle-members and means adjacent each end of said members connecting the same one with another, said last-mentioned means comprising a base-portion resting between the flanges of said angle-members, a portion having mounted thereon one of said springs, and an intermediate web connecting said first-mentioned portions one with another, transoms, hangers depending from said transoms at each side of said bolster and means connecting said hangers, and seated within said first-mentioned means, and additional spacing means resting upon. the lower flanges of said angle members, and fitted'between the remaining flanges thereof.

In testimony'whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND B. DAILEYQ W'itnesses CHARLES L. DUNDEY, GEO. G. HoLcoMB. 

